Clinical trials: Cluster Detection
Post-Partum Haemorrhage
A Clinical Trial to Study the Effectiveness of a Care Bundle to Prevent Bleeding After a Woman Has Given Birth
Every six minutes a mother dies from postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) in low-resource countries, in the prime of her life and often leaving behind a young family.
- Trial name
- E-MOTIVE (NCT04341662)
- Testing
- E-MOTIVE intervention, Usual care
- Where
- 6 sites in Kenya, Nigeria and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 99,659 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Birmingham
Chronic Kidney Diseases
Electronic Decision-support System to Improve Detection and Care of Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease in Stockholm
One in 10 adults in Region Stockholm have chronic kidney disease (CKD), which dramatically increases healthcare costs and the risk of medication errors or adverse health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease and death.
- Trial name
- ALMA-CKD (NCT06386172)
- Testing
- Clinical decision support trigger
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Tuberculosis
Can Screening People Registering With Primary Care Improve the Detection of Tuberculosis?
This randomised controlled trial tests whether screening people registering with general practices cost-effectively increases the detection of tuberculosis. The study objectives are to: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT00214708
- Testing
- Screening for Tuberculosis
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Sponsor
- Barts & The London NHS Trust
COVID-19
Community-Based Health Education Programs for the Early Detection of, and Vaccination Against, COVID-19 and the Adoption of Self-Protective Measures of Hong Kong Residents
This study evaluates the community-based health education program in improving early testing for COVID-19, increasing vaccination acceptability and enhancing emergency preparedness and self-protection measures against COVID-19 in…
- Trial name
- NCT05539482
- Testing
- Community-based Health Education based on core intervention package, Health Information Sharing Group
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Anaemia
A Trial of 2 'Point of Care' Diagnostic Methods to Improve Detection and Treatment of Anaemia in African Children
A high proportion of children under the age of 5 years and pregnant women in Tanzania is anaemic, particularly in areas of high malaria transmission.
- Trial name
- EARS (NCT00439595)
- Testing
- Hemocue 210 meter, Copack HBCS
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Under-five Child Mortality, Access to Health Care
Trial of Proactive Community Case Management to Reduce Child Mortality
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the addition of Proactive Case Detection to Community Case Management will provide an increase in early access to health care and a reduction in deaths among children aged 0-59…
- Trial name
- Pro-CCM (NCT02694055)
- Testing
- Proactive Community Case Management, Integrated Community Case Management, Removal of point-of-care user fees
- Volunteers
- 135,149 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Cluster Detection
CLUSTER Trial for Outbreak Detection and Response
Despite the critical importance of identifying hospital-associated outbreaks as early as possible in order to limit their spread, there are currently no standardized methods for cluster detection.
- Trial name
- CLUSTER (NCT04053075)
- Testing
- Routine cluster detection, Enhanced cluster detection
- Where
- 82 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,905,455 people
- Sponsor
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Tuberculosis (TB)
Effectiveness of Computer-Aided Detection Chest X-Ray Screening for Improving Tuberculosis Diagnostic Yield in Chinese Primary Health Care Settings: Study Protocol for a Prospective Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
The global incidence rate and mortality of tuberculosis (TB) pose a challenge to achieving the goals set out in the tuberculosis eradication strategy and the SDGs by 2030.
- Trial name
- NCT06963606
- Testing
- Artificial intelligence-assisted chest X-ray in TB screening, Routine doctors analyze the process of chest X-rays
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 22,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xuelin Yang
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Early Detection and Referral for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the Maternal and Child Protection Services
This study aims to compare two screening strategies for identifying infants with a potential risk of Autism Spectrum and Neurodevelopmental Disorders to provide early access to care and increase the likelihood of a favorable…
- Trial name
- NCT05815095
- Testing
- PREAUT grid
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 10,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil
Tuberculosis, HIV
Engaging Informal Health Care Providers on Case Detection and Treatment Initiation Rates for TB and HIV in Rural Malawi (Triage Plus)
The intervention consisted of training non-paid informal healthcare providers (such as store-keepers) in TB and HIV disease recognition, sputum specimen collection, referral to the public health system, and raising community…
- Trial name
- Triage (NCT02127983)
- Testing
- Early intervention, Delayed intervention
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 200,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Tuberculosis
Increased Tuberculosis Case Detection - DiOpTB
As estimated by the WHO 10.6 million new Tuberculosis (TB) cases were identified in 2022- while more than three million went undetected and untreated.
- Trial name
- DiOpTB (NCT06437184)
- Testing
- ODP
- Where
- 2 sites in Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 1,584 people
- Sponsor
- Aarhus University Hospital
Cesarean Delivery
The Effectiveness of a Care Bundle to Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage After Cesarean Delivery
Delays in the detection or inconsistent use of effective interventions of postpartum hemorrhage can result in complications or death.
- Trial name
- RE-TEAM (NCT06684080)
- Testing
- A care bundle
- Volunteers
- 52,000 people
- Sponsor
- Dunjin Chen
Clostridium Difficile
Effectiveness of Isolating Clostridium Difficile Asymptomatic Carriers on the Incidence of Infections
Background: There is an urgent need to develop new strategies to prevent Clostridium difficile infections (CDI). A recent study suggests that a novel infection control bundle (IC bundle) can lead to a significant decrease in the…
- Trial name
- EFFICACI (NCT03223415)
- Testing
- Detection and isolation of C. difficile carriers
- Where
- 5 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 4,138 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yves Longtin
Malaria
Community-led Responses for Elimination: Controlled Trial of Reactive Case Detection Versus Reactive Drug Administration
This study is designed to compare the effectiveness of reactive focal drug administration (RFDA) using dihydroartemisinin+piperaquine (DHAP) versus reactive focal test and treat (RFTAT) using artemether+lumefantrine (AL) as a…
- Trial name
- CORE Zambia (NCT02654912)
- Testing
- Reactive Focal Drug Administration
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 8,682 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- PATH
Malaria
Evaluation of Reactive Focal Mass Drug Administration (rfMDA) +/- Reactive Focal Vector Control (RAVC) in Namibia
This is a cluster randomised controlled trial with factorial study design comparing the impact of reactive community-based malaria interventions: 1) presumptive treatment (or rfMDA, reactive focal mass drug administration) versus…
- Trial name
- NCT02610400
- Testing
- RACD, RAVC, rfMDA
- Where
- Namibia
- Volunteers
- 9,845 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco